Crossword Genius

Note falsehood with universal setting (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

milieu

'setting' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'note falsehood with universal' is the wordplay.
'note' becomes 'mi' (as in 'do re mi'**).
'falsehood' becomes 'lie' (lie is a kind of falsehood).
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'universal' becomes 'u'.
'mi'+'lie'+'u'='MILIEU'

(Other definitions for milieu that I've seen before include "Social environment or set of surroundings" , "Environment - setting" , "Environmental condition, surrounding" , "Surroundings - location" , "'Surroundings, setting (6)'" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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